Dive Summary:

• Texas' Senate Higher Education Committee endorsed a bill that would merge the University of Texas-Pan American and the University of Texas-Brownsville into a single university. 
• The University of Texas System board of regents plans to build a $100 million new campus and medical school for the merged university in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. 
• The bill still requires the approval of the full Texas Senate. 

From the article:

"... A key element to the plan is the medical school, which could bring hundreds of doctors to South Texas where they are desperately needed.

Texas system regents have already committed $100 million to the project, but the merger still needs legislative approval. The university would have a predicted enrollment of about 28,000."